Table 1.
Compositions and nutrient contents of the experiment basal diets (air dry basis, %, Experiment 1).
| Item | CON 7 |
|---|---|
| Ingredients, % | |
| Maize | 53.89 |
| Wheat flour | 4.50 |
| Wheat bran | 1.58 |
| Rice bran | 5.00 |
| Soybean meal | 13.00 |
| Cottonseed meal | 4.00 |
| Maize germ meal | 8.00 |
| Feather meal | 2.00 |
| Distillers dried grains with solubles | 3.00 |
| Maize gluten meal | 1.70 |
| Calcium carbonate | 1.64 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 0.59 |
| L-Lysine HCl | 0.42 |
| DL-Methionine | 0.01 |
| L-Threonine | 0.02 |
| NaCl | 0.20 |
| Enzyme preparation 1 | 0.04 |
| Bacitracin methylene disalicylate premix 2 | 0.01 |
| Preservatives 3 | 0.10 |
| Vitamin premix 4 | 0.10 |
| Mineral premix 5 | 0.20 |
| Total | 100.00 |
| Calculated Nutrients 6 | |
| ME (kcal/kg) | 2900.00 |
| CP (%) | 16.81 |
| Ca (%) | 0.84 |
| TP (%) | 0.49 |
| AP (%) | 0.26 |
| D-Lys | 0.81 |
| D-Met | 0.32 |
| D-Thr | 0.55 |
| D-Trp | 0.20 |
1 Provided per gram of enzyme preparation: xylanase, 3500 units. 2 Provided per kilogram of bacitracin methylene disalicylate premix: bacitracin, 150 mg. 3 Provided per kilogram of preservatives: sodium diacetate, 1000 mg. 4 Provided per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 5000 IU; vitamin D3, 400 IU; vitamin E, 10 IU; vitamin K3, 0.5 mg; vitamin B1, 2.0 mg; vitamin B6, 2.5 mg; vitamin B12, 0.02 mg; nicotinic acid, 55 mg; pantothenic acid, 10 mg; folic acid, 1.0 mg; and biotin, 0.1 mg. 5 Provided per kilogram of diet: 60 mg Fe (FeSO4⋅7H2O); 8 mg Cu (CuSO4⋅5H2O); 60 mg Zn (ZnSO4⋅7H2O); 50 mg Mn (MnSO4⋅H2O); 0.1 mg Se (Na2SeO3⋅5H2O); and 0.2 mg I (KI). 6 Values are calculated. 7 CON, basal diet; ME, metabolic energy; CP, crude protein; Ca, calcium; TP, total phosphorus; AP, available phosphorus.